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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Like ICBM says, check for a high 15th fret. If you don't have a fret rocker, you can cut up an old credit card so that the flat edge only spans frets 14-15-16, and then check if the card rocks back and forth, which would indicate if the fret in the middle is higher than the ones beside it.
On a vintage-style three-saddle bridge, it is possible that the high E string is now butting up against height adjustment grub screw towards the end of the saddle. The slight countersink around the threaded screw hole would bring the string slightly closer to the fingerboard and frets.
Dries out wood. Fretboard shrinks (not TheFretBoard). Fret lifts.
The other thing is, are you sure its only just began, and that you havent just noticed it because you’re listening much closer to the new pickup?
Hope ya get it sorted easily man!
If it really has just started lifting then a gentle tap with something like the wooden handle of a screw driver has worked for me in the past to seat it back in again. Just spread the strings out of the way with your fingers and make sure you don't accidentally hammer a string into your fret.
Take it slow and don't over do it as there's nothing worse than turning a slightly high fret into a slightly low fret!
@Maynehead I think I will try that, thanks!
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Very true. If the strings are old they may develop a tiny hump above the frets, and if you've slackened off the strings the hump might now be pointing downwards towards the string.
Having said that, he did find a "rock" on the 15th fret so it may well be high. Just make sure it's not rocking on the adjacent frets too, which would indicate that the rocker itself may not be flat.